02791nam 2200601 a 450 991082453780332120230725061732.01-56976-874-9(CKB)2550000001132677(EBL)716183(OCoLC)731646793(SSID)ssj0000525019(PQKBManifestationID)12231130(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525019(PQKBWorkID)10488480(PQKB)10634234(MiAaPQ)EBC716183(Au-PeEL)EBL716183(CaPaEBR)ebr10486744(CaONFJC)MIL532386(EXLCZ)99255000000113267720101026d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe president is a sick man[electronic resource] wherein the supposedly virtuous Grover Cleveland survives a secret surgery at sea and vilifies the courageous newspaperman who dared expose the truth /Matthew Algeo1st ed.Chicago Chicago Review Pressc20111 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56976-350-X 1-306-01135-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.The operation -- A rough spot -- Big Steve -- The dread disease -- Dr. Keen -- The Oneida -- The scoop -- The cover-up -- The newspaperman -- Exposed -- Liar -- Vindication -- Aftermath -- The truth (at last) -- Postmortem.An extraordinary yet almost unknown chapter in American history is revealed in this extensively researched exposé. On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a friend's yacht and was not heard from for five days. During that time, a team of doctors removed a cancerous tumor from the president's palate along with much of his upper jaw. When an enterprising reporter named E. J. Edwards exposed the secret operation, Cleveland denied it and Edwards was consequently dismissed as a disgrace to journalism. Twenty-four years later, one of the president's doctors finally revealed the incrDepressions1893United StatesBimetallismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPress and politicsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1893-1897DepressionsBimetallismHistoryPress and politicsHistory973.8/7092Algeo Matthew1595640MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824537803321The president is a sick man4118267UNINA